Didn’t want to be involved in eight years of ‘ugly’ doings, says Saxby Chambliss
ATHENS — U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss said Monday that it was the prospect of eight more years of “ugly” governance — not fear of losing a Republican primary — that fueled last week’s announcement that he would not seek a third term in 2014.
“That’s just not what I want to be involved in for the next two years and six years after that,” Chambliss told reporters after his first public appearance since deciding to retire. Georgia’s senior senator also said he would not involve himself in a GOP primary to pick his successor.
”That list is going to be so long. Folks who are interested in this job — they need to follow me for a couple weeks before they make their decision. It is not an easy life,” he said.
By a coincidence of timing, the long-scheduled event required Chambliss to introduce his partner in the “Gang of Six” negotiations over reducing the nation’s $17 trillion debt — U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia.
Warner had planned a detailed PowerPoint presentation. Instead, the morning event became a celebration of the bipartisan partnership that fueled tea party hostility toward Chambliss in Georgia and guaranteed him a primary challenge next year.
Warner, a former governor of Virginia who himself has not decided whether to seek re-election to the Senate in 2014, lavished praise on Chambliss for the risk he took.
“There was no rational, political upside for a safe, sitting Republican senator from a state like Georgia to be willing to step up with a Democrat and say, ‘We need to go out and tell the truth,’ ” Warner said. “It’s going to be Georgia’s loss, and it’s going to be America’s loss.”
“But that doesn’t mean we don’t have two more years to kick some tail up in Washington,” he added.
Chambliss set a tighter deadline, declaring that a deal to reform the U.S. tax code, increase federal revenue, yet cut spending and entitlements, needs to be passed before the start of the 2014 election season. “We’ve got a window of 11 months here,” Chambliss said.
Chambliss and Warner provided glimpses into the 3-year-old, odd-couple partnership that has seen both men battle their separate political bases and their leadership. “I have spent more time with [Warner] over the last two years than I have with my wife,” Chambliss quipped.
Chambliss credited his Virginia colleague with providing support in the face of bitter opposition among some factions of the GOP. “When you’re a Republican and you have a Democrat come over and say, ‘Hey, things are going to get better’ — that’s what public service is all about,” he said.
Warner, the co-founder of the cellphone company that became known as Nextel, acknowledged that he has been the more boisterous member of the duo. “Saxby and I are two very different people. He’s the epitome of the Southern gentleman — courtly, calm, relaxed. The way he starts each day is, ‘Well, Mark, did you take your Ritalin today?’ ”
Both men expressed frustration that their joint activity has become something seldom seen in Washington. “It shouldn’t be that much of a rarity that a Democrat and a Republican, who have big issues on a lot of other issues, can come together for the good of the country,” said Warner, who told students in the audience that bipartisanship needs to be encouraged from the ground up.
“If you’re a Democrat, go support a Republican who’s willing to [increase] revenue,” Warner said. “If you’re a Republican, go support a Democrat who’s willing to [trim] entitlements.”
The lecture was sponsored by Keith Mason, the former chief of staff of Gov. Zell Miller — who, when he served in the Senate, expressed similar frustrations with Congress. Afterward, a question-and-answer session with reporters was preceded by a series of local officials who praised Chambliss. “Realistic” was the most common adjective.
Chambliss acknowledged the shower of accolades with a thank-you and a wince. “This is not a funeral, now, guys,” he said.
The Georgia senator said that, though freed from any electoral pressure, he would not change his message over the next two years. ”I think it may surprise some people, particularly my critics, to know that I’m not going to change my principles, I’m not going to change my philosophy,” he said. “Now that I’m not running, I’m going to say exactly the same thing on fiscal issues I’ve been saying for 2 1/2 years.”
Chambliss said his decision to retire wasn’t based on any fear of 2014. “The one thing I was totally confident of was my re-election. This was not a two-year decision for me,” he said. “I raised $13 million for the election in 2008. I was going to have to raise more than that this time around. I knew that I’d be able to do it.”
But dissatisfaction began to brew inside him after the 2011 fight over the debt ceiling — which produced the “fiscal cliff” deal that required Congress to come to terms with the debt or face automatic spending cuts and tax increases. One was “ugly,” Chambliss said. The deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, reached only on Jan. 1, was “really ugly.”
“It was not a lot of fun to go through, and I did not think it was the way to govern,” he said. “I can see that the next six months of this year is going to be the same sort of political arena.”
Chambliss, 69, said he had no stomach for enduring that kind of frustration until 2020.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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Aquagirl
January 28th, 2013
1:04 pm
The slime who ran campaign commercials with Max Cleland and Bin Laden is now upset Washington is “ugly.” Boo-hoo.
There really are no words for this utter waste of carbon.
Voter
January 28th, 2013
1:07 pm
Same name calling. Look in a mirror.
honested
January 28th, 2013
1:17 pm
What a whiner.
I’m sure he was quite aware of the task at hand when he ran for the job.
When do we find out what is really going on (or has nathan promised him a 7 figure job at GPB)?
Dennis
January 28th, 2013
1:17 pm
“…I’m not going to change my principles, I’m not going to change my philosophy. I’m going to continue to advocate for the things that I think are in the best interests of the country, whether it’s the fiscal issue or any other issue.”
All the more reason Georgia needs better representation.
gttim
January 28th, 2013
1:17 pm
Really? Ugly? He ran the nastiest lie filled campaign of the modern era. He slandered a wounded vet for his own ego. What a piece of garbage!
kempa
January 28th, 2013
1:24 pm
17 trillion is debt, not deficit. probably the biggest problem facing our nation and i doubt many citizens know the difference.
Michelle
January 28th, 2013
1:27 pm
Thank Goodness, that is one less idiot in Washington. Holy cow, I really think we need to clean house with all of them, especially the ones that have been there for several years. I think that they have lost touch with reality when they have been there so long. I mean they make more in a day of session then most of us make in 10 years, and the have multi-million, billion homes, everything is handed to their kids and we the tax payers end up paying for it all in the end. They as for raises every year, why? They cannot even cut spending, or balance a check book. I will tell you if we would cut their pay everything the threaten SS or Medicare, or even going over the fiscal cliff, we might have a congress and senate that would work together. Our military is out there protecting our country and they don’t even make a 1/4 of what these folks make. The military earns what congress/senate makes. After all our military gives up their lives for us, and congress/senate gives up what a day of golf every 4 years??? Really, this is not how our founding fathers imagined our government to work…..
Bob
January 28th, 2013
1:32 pm
Why wait? There’s no time like the present and I’m sure Deal can find someone willing to take your spot.
Dog kicker
January 28th, 2013
1:33 pm
Republican party did not want to back him anymore because he was becoming to Liberal. That’s what I hear anyway!
Wally
January 28th, 2013
1:35 pm
Thank you Saxby Chambliss for your service and I might say ” I do Not Blame you for wanting out of that Rat race”.
Thank you also for kicking that wanna be crippled non hero out of public office.You made him cry for 2 years and he fell into a state of depression. Loved every minute of reading that story.
Fresh Food
January 28th, 2013
1:36 pm
Hopefully he will run for president in 2016. I get excited just thinking about it!
Taylor Wooten
January 28th, 2013
1:37 pm
Give us a break. He’s getting out because he knew he would NOT get re-elected. He’s a smooth talker, plays the Southern Gentleman thing to the max. I know South Georgia is much worse off today than when he took office. I bet he’s not….though.
HDB
January 28th, 2013
1:40 pm
Saxby…have you ever thought that you and your ilk were part of the PROBLEM rather than part of the SOLUTION?? From your campaign against Max Cleland to your blindly following Mitch McConnell, you were part of the problem! Now that you can’t solve what you created, you’re going to leave…….
Shows what kind of representation people are willing to elect…………..
Rush
January 28th, 2013
1:40 pm
GOOD RIDDANCE!
This clown did nothing while in the Senate – other than project hate towards democrats and smear others – he is one of the reasons I WILL NEVER VOTE REPUBLICAN AGAIN ON ANY LEVEL.
Robert
January 28th, 2013
1:40 pm
It appears that Saxby like other GOP “old white guys” are leaving the farm before the earth quake. Just look at the list of “old white guys” resigning from office. Saxby still has 2 years left on his term to serve. I guess he will take a job at the Heritage Foundation or the NRA as a highly paid lobbyist.
The people of Georgia should ask him to leave immediately rather than rob the tax payers for no work he will perform over the next 2 years.
Carolyn
January 28th, 2013
1:41 pm
This from the man who ran a SMEAR campaign against Max Cleland. He should know a lot about “ugly” doings as it’s what he did to get in the Senate in the first place.
A case of the pot calling the kettle black.
td
January 28th, 2013
1:42 pm
Saxby can deny it all he wants but he refused to stick to conservative values and as such would have probably been defeated (or would have had to change from a RINO) in a primary.
Carolyn
January 28th, 2013
1:46 pm
I agree with Robert. Have him leave now and get someone in there that will do the work and fight the fights.
Fred
January 28th, 2013
1:47 pm
I would really like to see some of you attempt to run for public office and see what you had to say after that. I guess it is easier to sit back and take pot shots than get out and make a difference. Oh well, better things to do today than argue.
Just Saying..
January 28th, 2013
1:47 pm
Aquagirl@1:04:
Comments as fierce as anything I’ve ever seen from you.
But I agree. Chambliss’ campaign against Max Cleland was vile, beyond redemption or forgiveness.
Jim Peterson
January 28th, 2013
1:49 pm
He knew he was going to get knocked off in the primary in Ga. We don’t need any compromising Republicans from Ga!
Gene Hollon
January 28th, 2013
1:50 pm
I lived in Cordele several years and follow news in the Cordele Dispatch and the Atlanta Journal. It is politicians like Saxby Chambliss that have caused me to form my own party . The N_A_V_D_I- party ( Never Another Vote for a Democrat or Incumbent.)They are all to blame for the condition we find the nation in today. Let’s clean house.
Will Jones - Atlanta Jeffersonian Exegesis
January 28th, 2013
1:53 pm
Had Chambliss brought Bush and Cheney to justice for their 9/11 treason, or even just tried, he’d have a good name.
Unfortunately he didn’t, and does not.
gordonguy1969
January 28th, 2013
1:57 pm
The worst part of this is that he can’t even be truthful at the end. Very few people actually believe he’s getting out because of “all the ugliness.” Senator, be honest, part of that ugliness was your doing. Compromise on this, compromise on that, say one thing, do another, that’s the way it’s been since you were elected. Once you reached the Senate you lost any political spine you may have ever had. Thanks for getting out now, hope you enjoy that huge pension that you’ll get, at our expense. If you had any scruples at all, you would renounce that pension, along with the free healthcare you’ll be receiving. You try to make it like the rest of the populace. Now THAT would be a legacy you could live on.
Oh, and Robert, that list of “old white guys” includes Tom Harkin now. Sword cuts both ways, you know.
gordonguy1969
January 28th, 2013
1:57 pm
The worst part of this is that he can’t even be truthful at the end. Very few people actually believe he’s getting out because of “all the ugliness.” Senator, be honest, part of that ugliness was your doing. Compromise on this, compromise on that, say one thing, do another, that’s the way it’s been since you were elected. Once you reached the Senate you lost any political spine you may have ever had. Thanks for getting out now, hope you enjoy that huge pension that you’ll get, at our expense. If you had any scruples at all, you would renounce that pension, along with the free healthcare you’ll be receiving. You try to make it like the rest of the populace. Now THAT would be a legacy you could live on.
Oh, and Robert, that list of “old white guys” includes Tom Harkin now. Sword cuts both ways, you know.
racer
January 28th, 2013
2:01 pm
Out with the old clown in with the new
Buzz Belle
January 28th, 2013
2:02 pm
Wally 1:35 pm
I’m curious, where were you during Vietnam?
You not only insulted Max Cleland, you insulted every single soldier whoever engaged in war. Do you think we mothers who have gone through ours sons and daughters going to war are only worried about the grenade from the enemy? Just this past week we have heard word of a comrade who was laid to rest. He was early on in the Iraq war, medical test are showing his body obtained substantial risk from “stirring the poo” as the soldiers would say, having to use jet oil as the starter. You. should. be. ashamed! You. disgust. me!
captguitarman
January 28th, 2013
2:02 pm
Re: Chambliss’ stepping down. You can see it now can’t you?
Wanted: Candidate to run in Pub/Con primary for Senate seat to be vacated by RINO and traitor, Saxby Chamliss. Requirements: Candidate must be a not too bright, right wing nut, who is poorly informed about all levels of life, governance, laws, and politics.
The highest and most extreme views on moral and family and business issues are a must, but not necessarily required in the candidate’s personal habits and practcies.
Excepting RINO’s like Chambliss, there is no requirement to be a Republican — IF you are a Libertarian or a member of the Tea Party or any other right wing nut organzation. Just as long as you are able to inflame the true Republican base by spouting the party’s new bed rock principles:
No new taxes forever, at any time for anything, no matter what the reason, regardless of any negative impact on the economy or the government’s ability to function, on anything. Note: if new taxes are totally unavoidable (in order to get federal funds that we desperately need — but that we say publicly we never want to get — candidate must be adept at re-naming or re-classifying the taxes, or palming off their responsibility to other governmental entities, so as not to create the impression that the no new taxes standard is being violated in any way. Don’t worry. People are stupid. That fools them every time.
No compromise with the Dem/Libs at any time, on any issue, for any thing – ever, never ever never (to quote a popular song) regardless of the need or necessity to come to resolution on critical issues, such as a possible economic collapse or breach of national security, or any thing else. A just say no “principled statesman” who knows what a pair of blinders looks like and how to wear them 24/7 is a critical attribute for the job.
Bonus attributes: Being confused about the meaning of rape and that true rape does not lead to pregnancy. Not knowing that provisions regarding the separation of powers or that Congress cannot establish or respect religions is in the Constitution.
The candidate must be a total and complete ideologue and political demagogue, absolutely confident that he or she and the right wing is always right, all of the time, about any and every issue, and must be intransigent and stubborn at every level of the political process. Think: It’s my way or the high way. As Barry Goldwater once said, “he would rather be right than President,” and that must be your most sacred guiding principle and solemn vow.
Yes, the Dem/Libs may take over Saxby’s Senate seat in an unbelievable political windfall if you, or someone like you gets the nomination. But just as our political brethren and sisteren in Delaware, Missouri, Indiana, and Nevada, locked in Republican senate seats (such as the one Saxby Chambliss now occupies) in these critical times is not so bad, just as long as you know that you were right.
hjhkjh
January 28th, 2013
2:03 pm
Regardless of Saxby’s behavior in his first senatorial campaign, I find it disgusting how the TEA Party and members of the GOP who are beholden to that special interest group turn on their own, like Saxby, when they reach across the aisle to work on solving the nation’s problems. This isn’t about issues or philosophy this is about a special interest group taking the government hostage.
A-Ville Ranger
January 28th, 2013
2:04 pm
Who would have guessed Chambliss had any intigrity judging by the fact he ran the slimiest campaign in all history to get to The senate. Here’s hoping something good comes out of the next 2 years leading into the mid-terms.
J Throckmorton Malcontent
January 28th, 2013
2:04 pm
The GOP platform has been nothing but nihilism since at least the time of George The Lesser. At first the conservotainment misinformation corps was pointed at “liberals”. When liberalism was effectively brought to a halt, it was directed at “libruls” (ie, everyone right of say, Newt Gingrich). When centrism was effectively brought to a halt, it was brought to bear on RINOs (ie, anyone with an R who had a different opinion than the 27% who thought George the Lesser was a good president). All this constant barraging of everyone involved in government–even when they won, goodness what sore winners y’all were–, and the constant disparaging of anyone at all who might be in government for any hint of public service, has made Joe & Jane Electorate doubtful of their own government and anyone who might run for office, no matter how conservative they might be. The GOP is suffering from an overdose of negativity, and might disappear from sheer grinchiness just like the Cheshire Cat, leaving nothing behind but the grimace.
Captain
January 28th, 2013
2:08 pm
Please people, can you get over the poor Max Cleland smokescreen. Max wasn’t wounded in combat, he wasn’t a war hero. Max was a Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Barbara Boxer Democrat whose voting record agreed with the Extreme Left over 90% of the time. Max may have grown up in Georgia, but he did not represent the values of Georgia people. The fact is Max voted along Party lines too often including against the bill for which the Osama ad was generated.
I’m not Saxby fan any longer either. It seems in Washington too often Republicans are called on to “compromise”, which is simply a term for giving in to the Democrats. Where was “compromise” when Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi were ramming Obamacare down our throats after having crafted it behind closed doors and refusing to allow anyone to read it? If “compromise” was so important where was it at that time?
The Democrat Party has been hijacked by the extreme Radical Left which defies and abhors the Constitution, intends to Socialize and redistribute wealth, piece by piece, day by day. When a Democrat Senator can indulge in prostitution with 15 and 16 yr old girls without a mear whisper from his party, when an impeached Federal Judge can have a position on powerful committees in the US House, when an entire Party can lie and deceive a nation over Benghazi, commit perjury to pass Obamacare, that is a clear indicator of “the ends justify the means”, Sol Alinsky politics for radicals.
George
January 28th, 2013
2:09 pm
Stop crying like a dam baby and go you have had your day get the hell on.
mike
January 28th, 2013
2:16 pm
Boy, the Republican piranhas come out to devour one of their own, because he tried to reach middle ground with the Democrats. I thought that was how governing worked.
I’m not a Democrat, but at least they don’t let the crazies control the party.
If you far right ideologues don’t come to your senses, prepare for this party to get left in the dust.
While the financial ideals of the Republicans are good, the rest of what the party stands for is outdated.
The Republicans really need a leader to rally behind, or they’ll suffer through a couple more of election cycles.
The only hope for the Republicans is Chris Christie; unafraid to call out either side when necessary.
Bye bye Tootsie goodbye
January 28th, 2013
2:19 pm
Saxby, don’t let the door hit you where the Lord split you!
boober
January 28th, 2013
2:21 pm
Chambless was a friend to those in high places. He could care less about everybody else. See his actions during Savannah Sugar Refinery hearings as an example.
Just Saying..
January 28th, 2013
2:21 pm
Wally@ 1:35: Thank you also for kicking that wanna be crippled non hero out of public office.You made him cry for 2 years and he fell into a state of depression. Loved every minute of reading that story.
Wally- Which branch of the US Armed Forces did you serve in?
I don’t remember seeing you in Vietnam. I do remember every friend who didn’t come back with me.
So let me be perfectly clear to you: Go to hell.
Chuck
January 28th, 2013
2:21 pm
I guess this sub-human buffoon has forgotten how he slandered a disabled veteran to win this seat in a manner that was purely disgraceful. Karma, Saxby. Look it up.
And, Captain, how quickly we forget the line of Repugnican’s–led by Senator David Vitter–who have repeatedly been busted for fondling pledges, soliciting male prostitutes in men’s rooms, and calling teh D.C. madam from the Senate floor (Vitter’s exploits just never get old).
Stop being a divisive tool.
Scrivener
January 28th, 2013
2:21 pm
Captain, well stated. It’s hilarious to see all this poutrage about Max Clelland. You summed it up nicely.
RGB
January 28th, 2013
2:23 pm
Everyone lamenting Mad Max’s loss to Shameless years ago should insist that Max enter the race and product the 30 point margin that you all believe he would produce.
Go for it Max.
(And well said Captain @ 2:08)
ANGRY AS HELL
January 28th, 2013
2:25 pm
I think it’s wonderful that Saxby is leaving, not because he’s a RINO, because he’s not. I think it’s wonderful because now we can see the end of the so-called Republican Party as it has evolved over the last 10 to 15 years. I’m so glad that today’s Republican party is composed mostly of those who’d rather watch the USA collapse than violate their oath to Grover Norquist. I think it’s wonderful that the Tea Bag contingent of the Grand Old Party will help its destruction. By the year 2016, Georgia and many other red states, will be blue again, and the Grand Old Party will have made itself irrelevant and powerless. The GOP thinks it can regain all the ground it’s lost with minorities and the working class and still be a party composed or supported by a lot of rich and fat old white men. Look quickly, folks, because soon it will be a political party no more.
Scrivener
January 28th, 2013
2:28 pm
Oh, and Chuck says “Stop being a divisive tool,” to a previous poster and in the same breath calls other people “Repubnicans.” I think we can all see who the divisive tool really is. It’s amusing that so many of you hold Clelland up as a hero-veteran when many on your side would spit on a soldier and call them a baby-killer if you had half a chance. Don’t believe it? Just look at Huffington Post or Moveon.org once in a while. The hate of the military is palpable.
@EIDSONB
January 28th, 2013
2:28 pm
Buh Bye RINO…
Just Saying..
January 28th, 2013
2:31 pm
Captain: “Please people, can you get over the poor Max Cleland smokescreen. Max wasn’t wounded in combat, he wasn’t a war hero.”
Captain: No doubt you believe you’re in the right political party.
Please let us know how many in your Party share your views on amputee war veterans.
Mike S
January 28th, 2013
2:32 pm
Well, if the comments on this blog are any indication, no wonder he would want to get out. What happened to civilized society? The vileness and rudeness of these comments actually makes me cringe with despair. I am neither for, nor against Saxby Chambliss; I am am for our country, but it seems too few of us put that first anymore.
K STREET
January 28th, 2013
2:35 pm
WAAH, waah, waah. Next up: K streeet job to fund his family for centuries to come. He is so arrogant and Full of BS.
Synonymous
January 28th, 2013
2:36 pm
SAXBY: DO NOT RESIGN BEFORE YOUR SEAT CAN BE CONTESTED AS AN ‘OPEN’ SEAT.
I’m not interested in letting Nathan Deal place one of his cronies in the seat – who then gets to run as an incumbent in 2014.
MD
January 28th, 2013
2:36 pm
I hope a Democrat takes his place. Then the Republicans won’t have to worry about a compromising RINO….
nodrog
January 28th, 2013
2:40 pm
ME ME ME ME ,,,i i i i …what about… us us us us,,,you self centered slime bag. why wait for two more years. Just tee it up and.leave quick and take the rest of the herd with you.
will
January 28th, 2013
2:46 pm
Get over it. Max Cleland got what he deserved. He played that “wheelchair” tune to the hilt. He was a liberal in Washington and a conservative in Georgia. Saxby ran a tough campaign and Georgia was all the better for it. I am glad now to see Saxby go now as well. It is time.
About time
January 28th, 2013
2:47 pm
Saxby Chambliss is the worst I have ever seen and heard as a US Senator, and so is Issakson for that matter, both have trampled on people in their votes. I have thought long and hard about sending his office a bunch of BLUEBERRIES for his research that he voted on in the stimulus package that we so had to pass in order that martial law would not take place…..hahahaha. They sold one over on the American People….Saxby your best bet is to take your butt over seas before the true patriots come calling:) you showed no jobs in this Job Stimulus act!!! Good Riddance liar and snake!
PROJECTS
Georgia’s congressional lawmakers have inserted nearly $99 million in “earmarks” into the omnibus government appropriation bill that’s expected to go to President Barack Obama by Friday. A sampling:
$2.4 million
Southeastern Poultry Research Laboratory, Athens
Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Reps. Sanford Bishop, Jack Kingston
$500,000
Georgia State University – inmate programs for Georgia prison system, Atlanta
Sens. Saxby Chambliss, Johnny Isakson
Reps. Sanford Bishop, Hank Johnson, John Lewis
$209,000
Initiative to Improve Blueberry Production and Efficiency
Sen. Saxby Chambliss
Reps. Sanford Bishop, Jack Kingston, Jim Marshall
$178,000
Phytophthora (a plant and crop disease) research
Sens. Saxby Chambliss, Johnny Isakson
Reps. Sanford Bishop, Jack Kingston, Jim Marshall
Proud Southern Democrat
January 28th, 2013
2:48 pm
As a fourth-generation Georgia Democrat, I admit that I don’t always vote with my party.
I am pro-life, and I support Second Amendement rights.
I voted for GWB in 2000, and I would vote for someone like Jack Kingston for Senate.
This election could be a critical turning point for Georgia, or just more of the same in a state trending toward political oblivion.
What I expect to happen is for the anti-intellectual crowd who is breathing down the neck of the GA GOP to assert enough ugliness to get some buffoon like Broun or Price on the ticket. Then said buffoon will make some absurd comment that would shock the conscience of normal people, and then some good Democrat, like Jason Carter or Chief Justice Hunstein, will inexplicably lose to said buffoon in a general election. And hence the cycle of Georgians making themselves the laughing stock of the nation will be repeated.
(Oh, and if you use the term “RINO,” you are DEFINITELY part of the problem, not the solution. You are the cancer that is eating the GOP apart from the inside.)
ExtremeModerate
January 28th, 2013
2:49 pm
I guess when one party holds the majority power, they don’t suffer through the divisiveness that the minority party faces.
It seems that Republicans come in 2 flavors:
1) RINO (formerly known as moderates).
2) Bat-sht Crazy (commonly referred to as tea-partiers).
I hate to tell all the right wing nut jobs in here, but the RINOS are the normal people.
Just Saying..
January 28th, 2013
2:51 pm
I’d like to think many of these responses are a surprise to Jim Galloway. But sadly, probably not.
However, I do hope Kyle has a chance to read through them…
Kris
January 28th, 2013
2:53 pm
“”"that it was the prospect of eight more years of “ugly” governance –”"”"
Duh, sax you contributed to the ugly governance…
Shady crooked dumb Deal got to go 2014, or sax will be at GPB or worse.
Saxby save us the grief go ahead and RESIGN..
A-Ville Ranger
January 28th, 2013
2:56 pm
Those using the term RINO, you should be made aware you’re true dumbarses who view life like a football game.
B-Bro
January 28th, 2013
2:58 pm
If you ever wonder why this country is in such a sad state just read these post of these voters they’re sick. I’d like to join Tina Turner and become a Swiss resident.
Scrivener
January 28th, 2013
2:59 pm
Southern Democrat, I tend to agree with you. I voted for Roy Barnes instead of Guy Milner for that very reason, and I’m a lifelong republican. There are many like us, and I seriously doubt that you’ll have to worry about the GOP electing a religious zealot. But just remember both parties have their fringe nuts, as we can both see on these blogs.
clem
January 28th, 2013
3:00 pm
wonder how much his net worth increased while in dc?
Scrivener
January 28th, 2013
3:02 pm
Clem, why don’t you ask Harry Reid that question.
clem
January 28th, 2013
3:03 pm
maybe td or aseop will run …give them something to do.
Wally
January 28th, 2013
3:07 pm
Thanks Will, I agree. I have never seen someone go as far with the sympathy vote as Cleland. All that way for being a drunk dumbass that dropped a grenade. Boy has that story changed thru the years. A lot of people do not remember ole Max’s antics years ago,I grew up in the Lithonia area
. I am glad to see some folks still remember liike yourself.
Saxby ,on the other hand, represented informed people of the State of Georgia. Thanks you Saxby.
Mike S
January 28th, 2013
3:08 pm
B-Bro…..since neither one of us is moving to Switzerland, how do we really go about changing things? Comments on a blog are always tough to take, but none are worse than a political issue. Do these people really have so much hatred? And I don’t care what side of the fence you are on, both are just as vile. It seemed previously that the anonymous nature of the internet made people bolder, but it seems to be carrying over to “real” life also as people are now becoming more and more rude on a face-to-face basis. How do we effect real change?
Voter
January 28th, 2013
3:08 pm
@Proud – agree. We need more smart voters. Too many “arrogant” Democrats, Republicans and Liberals who keep voting “their” party just because of their party. We need more Pro-Life, 2nd Amendment, and for the matter the Constitution. Some should even read or re-read the Declaration of Independence. They might see in the Declaration a mention of a certain King of Great Britain that took away the peoples rights… and those people fought back.
gdfo
January 28th, 2013
3:16 pm
Wow, what a bunch of knee-jerk partisan low brow negative comments. Chambliss hits the nail on the head when it comes to Congress not being effective in stemming the flow of spending. Many people think he is correct. I can see who the whiners are.
Bill
January 28th, 2013
3:21 pm
Not particularly fond of Sacks-be but at least he got the ultra liberal cry baby Max Cleland out of our way.
Aesop's Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 28th, 2013
3:21 pm
I’d like to make note that the vast majority of the hate filled disgusting comments are from the liberals.
Being the animals that they are…
pm
January 28th, 2013
3:24 pm
I gleaned the other comments are saying pretty much was was ringing in my head when I saw this headline, “uh-huh, now you want to quit the ugliness..” So self serving. These guys make me sick and, hear this, guys, THERE’S GOING TO BE A DAY OF RECKONING FOR ALL OF YOU!!!
Would the person who actually wants to represent his fellow man step forward? Nope, no statesmen here any longer…..
pm
January 28th, 2013
3:24 pm
I gleaned the other comments are saying pretty much was was ringing in my head when I saw this headline, “uh-huh, now you want to quit the ugliness..” So self serving. These guys make me sick and, hear this, guys, THERE’S GOING TO BE A DAY OF RECKONING FOR ALL OF YOU!!!
Would the person who actually wants to represent his fellow man step forward? Nope, no statesmen here any longer…..
DJ Sniper
January 28th, 2013
3:28 pm
Aesop, your party tends to do quite a bit of hate speech as well. Pot, meet kettle.
southern hope
January 28th, 2013
3:31 pm
I heard something sad this morning on NPR….Obama had a private screening of the movie Lincoln at the White House…and featuring the actors from the film…the kind of thing that presidents get to do
but not a single invited Republican showed up. And Lincoln was a Republican! The thought being that Republicans can’t risk even going to an event like this…because it’ll get out & the extreme parts of their party will run someone against them. Truly, that is nuts…and a real bummer that makes the future of working together look very dim.
Laughing out Loud
January 28th, 2013
3:32 pm
Mike S, I’m in agreement with you. Personally, I applaud Saxby as a man of conviction and courage. He is choosing to retire on his terms in a protest to a governent of failure. Wonder if the people represented by the two retiring Democratic Senators are calling those Senators such vile names etc as are seen on this blog regarding Saxby. Such nastiness is wrong, wrong, wrong! And it is uncalled for although with our great freedoms in this country must be tolerated, and the source considered.
Skinny Dip
January 28th, 2013
3:34 pm
That’s rich considering what he did to Max Cleland to get elected…
Rino Ceros
January 28th, 2013
3:41 pm
@Southern Hope Interesting. Did the folks at NPR name names? I would be curious to know if Republicans were truly invited to join Barry and his Hollywood buds and, if so, which were stupid enough to decline such an invitation. Please enlighten the rest of us.
Devil Dog
January 28th, 2013
3:43 pm
At least Saxby is willing to work across party lines to get things done. We need more like him…I’m sorry he’s leaving. He does more for the country those sorry Tea Party idiots who won’t budge an inch on anything.
champagne
January 28th, 2013
3:43 pm
Really SAxFeed???? “… I’m going to continue to advocate for the things that I think are in the best interests of the country, whether it’s the fiscal issue or any other issue.” News for you SaxFeed, you did not elect yourself, you were elected by the nuts who were crazy enough to vote for you; as such you were placed there to vote for those things desired by your constituency. When things get tough the toughless get going.
Good riddance.
Don't Tread
January 28th, 2013
3:46 pm
Eight more years of “ugly” governance? His voting for the NDAA was ugly enough and he should have taken the high road and voted “no” until they took the blatantly unconstitutional stuff out of that bill. (Not to mention the unconstitutional stuff in the Patriot Act which somehow passed meaningful scrutiny.) So much for “fighting the good fight”, eh?
Pete
January 28th, 2013
3:46 pm
Regardless of what you think of Chambliis, he has turned out to be one of the grown-ups in the Senate. We will end up getting somebody a lot worse, like Price, Broun, or Handel. The GA electorate would rather have an incompetent, Republican buffoon, than a sensible, reasonable candidate whether it is a Repub or Dem.
clem
January 28th, 2013
3:46 pm
ga ranks near bottom of hs graduation rate….wonder who stupid party is going to blame for that.
Proud Southern Democrat
January 28th, 2013
3:46 pm
Whoa, Guy Milner. That takes me back. Yeah, GA dodged a serious bullet there.
I went to a fundraiser for Milner prior to his runoff election with Ol’ Roy. Newt was there basking in the glow of his recent victories in the mid-terms. He was a rock star surrounded by a whole lot of good moderate Republicans (some of whom had recently left the Democratic party with Zell Miller). The funny thing is that if Milner had won the election he would have set the GOP back 20 years in GA.
I truly fear that GA will be that state that has the conservative candidate who says or does something unforgivable (in normal circles) during the general election and then gets sent to Washington anyway. And then we are a collective joke because of it.
There are plenty of good Christians on both sides of the aisle in GA, but only the ones from the right seem to want to pimp Jesus out for political gain. Why is that?
Road Scholar
January 28th, 2013
3:49 pm
Be careful on what you ask for…you may get it!
Dumb comment of the day:” He played that “wheelchair” tune to the hilt.”
About a terribly handicapped person !
You who have made disparaging remarks about Mr Cleland should be so proud! Even with his loss of limbs, he is less handicapped than those mentally challenged, mannerless conservatives on this post! Yes, I am talking about you! Your momma must be very proud!
war eagle
January 28th, 2013
3:51 pm
why is it that the REPUBS have to compromise with the Crats? why can’t the crats give in? or would that be un liberal of them? And what is with the TEA party hate? They just want the spending to stop, taxes to be cut and the wasteful programs eliminated. What is wrong with that? all you libs want to do is spend spend spend and give more in entitlements. No one is entitled to ANYTHING! Obama thinks he is ENTITLED to be president. Heck, dear ruler thinks he is the King of the United States of Arabia. After all he said there were 57 states. the same amount of ISLAMIC states! wise up people and Africans. YOUR leader, that’s right- you D’A’s elected this clown, are gonna get your butts reamed unless you get him out of office. no more foot ball, no more basketball and sharia law will be implemented. prayers 5 times a day and no pork! And remember, RAM a DAN month, so all you DANS out there… be careful! and you homosexuals- sharia does not like you either! And Black history month will go away and be replaced by Muslim History Month! HAHA! how are you gonna combat THAT NAACP?! Be careful WHAT you vote for!
Pete
January 28th, 2013
3:51 pm
Gingrey would be another one of those buffoons. He and Broun have already made extremely stupid and ignorant comments that continue to make us a laughingstock. We have become worse than Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana in stupidity and ignorance. The only other state that may rival us in being dumb is Arizona.
Kris
January 28th, 2013
3:57 pm
And around the wheel of $$$ spins where will Sax end up at?
GPB to replace chipper?
PROJECTS
Georgia’s congressional lawmakers have inserted nearly $99 million in “earmarks” into the omnibus government appropriation bill that’s expected to go to President Barack Obama by Friday. A sampling:
$2.4 million
Southeastern Poultry Research Laboratory, Athens
$500,000
Georgia State University – inmate programs for Georgia prison system, Atlanta
$209,000
Initiative to Improve Blueberry Production and Efficiency
$178,000
Phytophthora (a plant and crop disease) research
Rumor has it that in and around the gold dome (of crooks), some of the Ladies of the evening are complaining politicians are trying to pay them with Birth control pills,. That’s cash only! You Idiots.
Good riddance Saxby. (Looks like good ole SAX got took to the woodshed) ha ha..
Good riddance Crooked deal 2014
Steve
January 28th, 2013
3:59 pm
Wow. I have no respect for Chambliss but you folks calling him out for running an ugly campaign need to look in the mirror. It’s the liberal mantra. Liberals not only slander opposing candidates but anyone who has even a slightly varying viewpoint.
As for Chambliss .. you are a quitter. You were voted thru to fight the tough fight and work to get spending under control. Now that you see you will not immediately get everyone to bow to your wishes you slink off like a fox. Well done sir. I do not doubt your job is difficult, but if you think most of the people that put you there have ‘easy’ jobs then you just don’t get it.
I am beginning to think we need to put an upper age limit on politicians similar to the minimum age limits. Anyone over 60 just doesn’t seem to want to work problems through .. and I am getting dangerously close to that age so don’t think I am hating.
deegee
January 28th, 2013
4:03 pm
I guess US Senator is the only job where you can shock everybody when you announce your retirement at 69 years of age.
Dr. Love
January 28th, 2013
4:04 pm
You Cons proud of your boy Wally?
Georgia Scoop
January 28th, 2013
4:04 pm
Just in. Saxby to be new Georgia President upon Adam’s retirement.
Average Georgian
January 28th, 2013
4:06 pm
I am a Christian and a small business owner. I pay my taxes, and I use the tax laws to try to avoid paying taxes whenever legally allowed.
I enjoy hunting, and I own several personal hunting rifles.
I support strengthening gun control, marriage equality,quality public education and social services that have helped this nation thrive since the 1930’s.
I am pro-choice, and I believe the Affordable Care Act is responsible and necessary (but not perfect) legislation.
I have a working knowldege of the U.S. Constitution, and I vote.
Sometimes I vote Republican, but usually I vote Democratic.
I’m not a Socialist, and I suspect most/all of the people using that word to describe the President or other Democrats today lack the kind of understanding of the term that would give any real gravity to their using it. Instead they are using it as a slur, much like Americans used the word “Communist” in the 1950’s.
Times change and governments evolve. Some citizens become educated and learn what is actually important, and the best of them engage in dialogue that furthers the progress of the nation. Others lack the capacity or willingness to understand nuanced differences in philosophy or to appreciate others’ points of view. These are the ones who use words like “Socialist” and “RINO,” and these are the ones who matter the least in the grand scheme of things.
Amazing
January 28th, 2013
4:20 pm
I did not vote for Chambliss in either of the previous two elections. That said, I admire and respect him for his efforts to work in a bi-partisian manner with his peers. Too many of these posts lack any civility and are filled with hate from both sides of the poltical spectrum. While I have not agreed with most of his political learnings, I respect the leadership he displayed in working with the Gang of Six. If he had run for re-election, I would have voted for him for the 1st time.
DJ Sniper
January 28th, 2013
4:23 pm
War Eagle, you must be so proud to be so ignorant. Obama was elected by a majority of the people, and he got 332 electoral college votes, so your statement about him thinking that he’s entitled to be President already has holes shot in it.
Second, the fact that you continue to cling to the whole “Obama is a Muslim” theory shows us where your head is at. There is no proof whatsoever that Obama is a Muslim, but if he was, so what? The Constitution (you know, that document that you neo-cons claim to worship) says that religion shall not be a barrier to being president. Also, there is no threat whatsoever from sharia law. If you want to talk about religious zealots forcing their beliefs onto everybody else, go talk to your friends in the Christian Taliban about that.
Third, SS and things like that are NOT entitlements. If you’ve paid into them your whole life, then you deserve what you get back. Right wing talk radio has done a number on you.
nodrog
January 28th, 2013
4:23 pm
TERM LIMITS IS THE ANSWER….8 YEARS AND YOU’RE OUT. two four year terms if you are reelected.( and your wife can’t take your place).
honested
January 28th, 2013
4:24 pm
This should be an interesting race, since the ‘Stupid Party’ (thanks again bobby jindal) apparently thinks everyone else is stupid!
JSH
January 28th, 2013
4:25 pm
I read the first 5 post and decided that was enough trash for one day. You can tell the people on this blog that 1. don’t work, and 2. get a government check or probably checks. Talk about trash, just look in the mirror. I don’t blame Chambliss, I would get out of the Washington too.
Good luck, Saxby, and if you run for governor, you can count on my support.
Just Saying..
January 28th, 2013
4:25 pm
Aesop’s Fables and other Lib Economic Theories
January 28th, 2013-”I’d like to make note that the vast majority of the hate filled disgusting comments are from the liberals.”
And you’d like to note that the GOP won the presidential election this past November.
But that didn’t happen either…
UGA ECONOMICS MAJOR
January 28th, 2013
4:30 pm
REPUBLICANS WILL FADE AWAY LIKE DUST IN THE WIND IF THEY DONT COME INTO THE 21ST CENTURY..stop with the hatred of blacks,latino,s,or anyone thats not white and conservetive we get no where as a nation with hatred……..UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE WILL TRULY FALL…BLACKS,LATINOS are here to stay ..i repeat they are here to stay…as a WHITE MALE I SAY TO REPUBLICANS..WERE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER..SO LETS SOLVE AMERICA,S PROBLEMS AND GET THE COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK…TOO GEORGIA..I SAY COME ON OUT OF THE 1950,S YESTERDAY IS GONE
Retired Soldier
January 28th, 2013
4:32 pm
Average Georgian-
Need to change your name, most Georgian’s aren’t pro-choice, aren’t for gay marriage, aren’t for strengthening gun laws, aren’t for Obamacare and don’t mostly vote democtatic.
You have every right to support those positions, but in doing so you are not the average Georgian, you are the average democrat.
JSH
January 28th, 2013
4:32 pm
There is no way in hell you went to the UGA!
Just Saying..
January 28th, 2013
4:34 pm
war eagle @ 3:51-
No more wall space left in the toilet?
DJ Sniper
January 28th, 2013
4:35 pm
Another day, another Georgia politician behaving stupidly:
Senator Barry Loudermilk recently made an appearance on TBN’s Praise the Lord and made the rather familiar argument that the Founding Fathers took the concepts of the separation of powers and the three branches of government directly out of the Bible. If this argument sounds familiar, it’s because it’s been made time and time again by David Barton, who has already been proven to be a hack.
Sharia Law? Nah, I’m much more worried about people like this.
Ellen
January 28th, 2013
4:37 pm
What goes around, comes around, huh Saxby? Just ask Max Clelland. Karma is patient.
GUTRAKE
January 28th, 2013
4:37 pm
You folks and your alligator tears for Cleland are disgusting. You need to research the facts regarding his “service” and the facts of the later campaign for the Senate seat. The only thing that kept Cleland from becoming the worst Senator of the modern era was the emergence of Senator Obama and the defeat of Cleland before he embarrassed himself further. God! Do y’all articulate anything factual! Talking points will put you in a bad spot during a debate. Facts are stubborn things…
UGA ECONOMICS MAJOR
January 28th, 2013
4:38 pm
REPUBLICANS HAVE SET GEORGIA BACK 20 YEARS AS NORTH CAROLINA,FLORIDA,VIRGINIA HAVE WOKE UP AND FOUND OUT WOW WERE IN THE 21ST CENTURY…GEORGIA GET OUT OF THE 1950,S…YOUR STARTING RESEMBLE ALABAMA….WHERE THE CLOCK IS FROZEN IN TIME
Voter
January 28th, 2013
4:38 pm
@Retired Soldier – Well said.
GUTRAKE
January 28th, 2013
4:39 pm
Did UGA teach you to use all caps when stating an ignorant position?
TD Man
January 28th, 2013
4:40 pm
Saxby is whining becasue no one works across the aisle. Saxby we did not send you to DC to compromise. We elected you to go up there and act like a conservative and uphold the Constitution and not let your liberal cronies run all over it and snooker you into a liberal compromise that takes the country farther left. You are not up fo rthe fight so time to come home and sit on the porch and let soemone who has guts and energy defend the Constitution and conservative principles fight the DC battles
Voter
January 28th, 2013
4:41 pm
@Retired Soldier – “Average Georgian-Need to change your name, most Georgian’s aren’t pro-choice, aren’t for gay marriage, aren’t for strengthening gun laws, aren’t for Obamacare and don’t mostly vote democratic.You have every right to support those positions, but in doing so you are not the average Georgian, you are the average democrat.”
Well said.
Just Saying..
January 28th, 2013
4:41 pm
Average Georgian: Would be great if you’d post to these blogs more often.
Retired Soldier
January 28th, 2013
4:43 pm
Thank you voter
honested
January 28th, 2013
4:47 pm
retired,
Again that math thingy vexes you.
Just because they aren’t average among the folks you hang out with in the bunker, does not mean they are not ‘average’ among the whole, real population.
The outside world might surprise you!
Educator
January 28th, 2013
4:48 pm
He’s afraid of Karen Handel.
Dr. Love
January 28th, 2013
4:49 pm
Soldier, one thing you left out. Last in every positive category you can think of. That’s the picture of your Georgia.
madgo
January 28th, 2013
4:50 pm
Your going to see more of this…they have robbed this country blind and now they are jumping ship like the rats they are. Why stick around when the job now requires them to be held accountable by Americans who are sick of their laziness and thievery?
NotME
January 28th, 2013
4:51 pm
Boy, you Repubs sure are an angry bunch. This right winger was not far enough right wing for you. Oh no, here comes Paul Broun from the fringes. He will make you happy.
yuzeyurbrane
January 28th, 2013
4:52 pm
And he was going to lose his primary, too.
Retired Soldier
January 28th, 2013
4:54 pm
honestead-
Reality vexes you again. If you are correct please explain an overwhelming republican legislature, all state officer and senators, and a majority of Congressmen in Georgia that don’t support those positions. BTW, Obama lost too. Now, what were you saying?
DJ Sniper
January 28th, 2013
4:55 pm
It’s so funny to hear people talk about “defend the Constitution”, yet have a complete misunderstanding of quite a few parts of it.
Retired Soldier
January 28th, 2013
4:56 pm
Dr. Love-
If Dems can still blame Bush, I’ll still blame Barnes for those stats.
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:01 pm
@Retired Soldier – “Dr. Love-
If Dems can still blame Bush, I’ll still blame Barnes for those stats.”
That’s the official Democratic National Convention war cry for every election and every failure,
Blame Bush!
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:02 pm
@DJ Sniper – “It’s so funny to hear people talk about “defend the Constitution”, yet have a complete misunderstanding of quite a few parts of it.”
Please, enlighten us.
DJ Sniper
January 28th, 2013
5:02 pm
Well, the right continues to blame Obama for stuff that he’s not even involved in, so I’d say both sides are even.
Retired Soldier
January 28th, 2013
5:03 pm
Such as DJ?
honested
January 28th, 2013
5:05 pm
retired,
Look at the raw vote numbers.
A few percentage points (that math thingy again) do not an ‘overwhelming majority’ make.
Instead, those are reflections of gerrymandered districts to protect the unearned power of those who are ‘temporary leaders’ (thanks douglas mcarthur).
The notion that slightly more than half the people in this state have absolute veto over the views of the other slightly less than half will be not-so-warmly remembered as the demographics shift.
The President received slightly less than half of the votes even in this backwater State.
Don’t thump your chest too hard, you might hurt yourself.
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:05 pm
@Dj Sniper – “Well, the right continues to blame Obama for stuff that he’s not even involved in, so I’d say both sides are even.”
You mean like when obama campaigned for a balanced budget? Still don’t have one.
Or like getting spending under control? Averaged 1.2 trillion each year since elected.
or like paying down the National Debt which was at 10 trillion? We’re now at 16+ trillion.
That kind of thing?
DJ Sniper
January 28th, 2013
5:06 pm
Voter, let’s start with people like the CEO of Hobby Lobby who seem to think that his religious beliefs trump the beliefs of his employees in regards to the birth control mandate. People like him claim “religious liberty”, but freedom FROM religion is just as important as freedom OF religion.
Now let’s continue with the idiots who still claim that Obama is a Muslim. Last time I checked, religion is not a barrier to anybody running for President. And then you have the birthers who used every bit of convoluted logic to try and prove that Obama wasn’t eligible to run for president, only to be smacked down at every turn. Those are some of the main one who obviously didn’t read the Constitution.
Actual Marine
January 28th, 2013
5:07 pm
Hey Retired Soldier:
I think you’re the one who needs to change his name.
There’s no such thing as a “retired soldier.”
There are soldiers, who actually GSD every day on the ground. And then there are out of shape old guys still pretending to be somebody after thy’re better days have long past.
Go be retired, and if you actually ever did anything for this country worthy of gratitude, then thanks for your service. But stop calling yourself a “soldier,” because clearly you’re not.
I read what “Average Georgian” wrote, and while I only agree with about half his positions, I think he says it well and he can be typical of the kind of regular decency you expect from somebody in the South. Or at least the way the South was before all you creepy retired guys got scared of the President and started freaking out on everybody.
Grow a pair and change your name.
DJ Sniper
January 28th, 2013
5:08 pm
Voter, you continue to ignore the part that your party has played in some of that.
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:08 pm
Hey liberals and Democrats,(same thing) – let’s talk about the last 4 years. No longer is Bush in office. What has obama done for us? Broken promises mostly. Oh, I did forget about the rise in welfare recipients. We’re now at what? 47%. Campaigned on that too.
honested
January 28th, 2013
5:09 pm
voter,
I do hope we get around to reinstating the Tax Code as provided us with sufficient revenue to put the budget in balance as was in place in 1999.
Then we can INCREASE taxes (at least a 42% marginal rate and a financial transaction tax) to pay off the war debt for the Iraqi War of Choice and the Afghan Fiasco as well as the bank bailouts.
The major drains on our budget were really one-time massive outlays that were never funded. Yet the misguided ‘conserrrrrrrvatives’ don’t realize we have to get off the hip and pay the bills!!
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:11 pm
@DJ Sniper – Well I see you stuck with the facts I posted. Well deflected.
And I promise you, the CEO of Hobby Lobby SPEAKS for his employee’s.
Hobby Lobby Employee
January 28th, 2013
5:14 pm
I don;t want this socialist healthcare and I don’t think my tax dollars should go toward paying for people who need to get a job. You know, people like Paul Ryan, living off a government check. Pathetic.
DJ Sniper
January 28th, 2013
5:14 pm
Voter, stop paraphrasing Newt Gingrich. We all know that he and several others have tried to directly blame Obama for the rise in food stamp receipients. What’s next, blaming him for high gas prices?
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:14 pm
@honested – Both Houses of Congress voted for your “Iraqi War of Choice and the Afghan Fiasco “.
Both wars were in response to the 9/11 terrorist attack, (the 1st one). We captured Saddam Hussein in 1 war and killed Usama bin Laden in the other.
And if these wars were so wasteful, why didn’t obama cut off both and bring the troops home? He’s had 4 years.
southern hope
January 28th, 2013
5:16 pm
Rino Ceros, here’s the link to that NPR story this morning: http://www.npr.org/2013/01/28/170436055/politics-in-the-news “And the president was struck with the fact that he showed the movie “Lincoln” and the stars from the movie were at the White House, that not one Republican showed up, answered his invitation to come, because it’s become a problem for them. As he said in his press conference, you know, somebody has – or Republican has his picture taken with the president and he gets a primary challenge.”
sorry that i don’t know what specific Republicans were invited…but I did feel pretty down about it….i know its a silly thing but it struck me the wrong way…..you won’t believe this but Franklin Roosevelt put in that White House movie theater in 1942…and there’s been a stream of movies shown there by various presidents…its just too bad that even things like this are disappearing.
DJ Sniper
January 28th, 2013
5:16 pm
Also, can you neo-cons stop acting like Obama is the first president in history to break a campaign promise? Every president has done it.
As for the wars, I do agree that they should have been brought home sooner. Plans are in place for a permanent drawdown that should have happened years ago. Of course, we should never have gone over there in the first place.
Retired Soldier
January 28th, 2013
5:18 pm
Axtual Marine-
Every head the saying “once a marine always a marine”? Same applies to the Army buddy. I am a retired infantryman that had the pleasure to serve my country in war and peace. I have retired from active federal service, but I’ll always be a soldier. Get over it marine.
That said, last time I checked there is a 1st amendment that gives me the right to say what I please. I have fought to defend that right and even though you are wrong, you still have that right. Like most liberals when you can’t defeat the arguement you attack the messenger. My point was and is if the positions held by “average georgian was the norm in this state, how do you explain the overwhelming election of those in Georgia that opposes those views?
Maybe you can explain it Ms. Marine
DJ Sniper
January 28th, 2013
5:18 pm
Voter, do you really believe that the CEO of Hobby Lobby speaks for each and every one of his employees on the birth control issue? If so, I have some lovely beachfront property in Kabul that I’d like to sell you. I guarantee you that Hobby Lobby’s employees have very diverse views on religion and birth control and they should be allowed to choose the health care plans that benefit them. The CEO has no business making that decision for them.
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:18 pm
@DJ Sniper – I speak for myself. I don’t paraphrase others.(Unless it’s Retired Soldier or Marines or Sailors or anybody who served in the military)
As for the rise in “entitlements”, it’s a fact, more people on food stamps, more people in government assisted homes, more free cell phones, etc. I see it every week at the grocery stores, I see what they buy, I see what they drive, I also see the real needy out there who don’t qualify. I see whole family’s on the corners asking for money.
honested
January 28th, 2013
5:19 pm
voter,
You do realize the Iraqi War of Choice was ended by the President don’t you?
You do realize the bills persist and revenue must be generated to pay for that war don’t you?
You do realize the Afghan Fiasco is being wound down (and might have been wound down earlier but for General betray-us).
You do realize that the persistent bills for that offshore military adventure must be paid, right?
What is up with people who want to play war but not pay the bills?
Retread Soldier
January 28th, 2013
5:19 pm
On March 16, 1968, between 347 and 504 unarmed Vietnamese civilians were gunned down by members of the U.S. Army in what became known as the My Lai Massacre.
I led the way, and I didn’t even get a medal of honor. I hate socialists.
BBQ MAN
January 28th, 2013
5:20 pm
Cleland was a joke and deserved what he got in politics, this clown needs to be gone for other reasons
southern hope
January 28th, 2013
5:22 pm
and of course 10 minutes after I post that, I find the names! LOL — from the National Journal:
“The White House screening of Lincoln on Nov. 15 offers a bit of a counterpoint to GOP and press complaints about Obama’s aloofness. Director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner were there, along with cast members Daniel Day-Lewis, James Spader, Sally Field, and Tommy Lee Jones.
Sounds like an irresistible invitation, right? Wrong.
The only lawmakers at the screening were Democrats–Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Reps. James Clyburn and John Lewis. No Republicans attended, though several were invited, according to a Democrat familiar with the guest list. House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell turned down the invitation, as did Sens. Lamar Alexander, Tom Coburn, and Olympia Snowe.”
Atlanta Native
January 28th, 2013
5:22 pm
Chambliss, like all the other politicians, positions “entitlements” as welfare program payouts; when in fact, it SHOULD include government employee, congress and senate salaries. THOSE ARE THE ENTITLEMENTS WE NEED TO CUT. Not one single politician will go the distance necessary to cut where it could make the biggest difference. Government wages and benefits have gone through the roof and are lightyears higher than in private industry. And what about the two wars we are still fighting on foreign soil… to which we are ENTITLING PEOPLE TO KILL OTHER PEOPLE AND COLONIZE OTHER CULTURES. Give me a break, Chambliss! (et.al.)
NotME
January 28th, 2013
5:22 pm
Image a world with less judgement,
A world with more acceptance.
Image a world with less hostility,
A world with more kindness.
Image a work with less hate,
A Word with more LOVE.
Image That
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:23 pm
@DJ Sniper – “The CEO has no business making that decision for them.”
He has every right as CEO. If the employee wants to get the drugs themselves, that’s their business and between them and GOD,(and God wins) but when Government says you are mandated to provide a drug that KILLS a baby, then he,as CEO of the company, can say no. So, you disagree with the Catholic Church also?
DJ Sniper
January 28th, 2013
5:24 pm
The fact that you mentioned “more free cell phones” clearly demonstrates where you head is at. Such a shame that so many of you fell for that whole “Obama free cell phone” story.
And once again, Obama is not the sole person responsible for the rise of people on food stamps and what not. There are many many different factors that have causes this (crappy economy, stagnant wages, burst of the housing bubble, etc), but to say that the president is the main one responsible is foolish.
honested
January 28th, 2013
5:25 pm
voter,
Sorry, I didn’t read all of your disjoint post that I was responding to.
To wit:
The Iraqi War of Choice had nothing whatsoever to do with the attacks on Septermber 11, 2001, they did have a lot to do with ‘you will remember, he tried to kill my daddy’. (look it up!)
While Congressional approval was received, it was based on fudged intelligence and imaginary ‘weapons of mass destruction’. (MANY members of Congress who voted to approve have publicly stated they would not have been in support if they had been TOLD THE TRUTH!)
Is reality that hard for you?
Mad Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:27 pm
He was elected to represent “We The People” of the state of Goergia.
I for one am glad to see him go. He will be collecting our tax dollars
for a long time.What a waste of my tax dollars. He was of no service to the State of Georgia
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:28 pm
@honested – You do realize the “Iraqi War of Choice” we captured Saddam Hussein and stopped a source of income for the terrorists? You do realize the “Afghan Fiasco” we killed Usama bin Laden, the main leader of Al Qaeda?
Paul Ryan
January 28th, 2013
5:28 pm
It’s only “entitlements” if somebody gets them.
When I got them it was just “temporary.”
Now that I don’t need them, no one else should be able to get them.
DJ Sniper
January 28th, 2013
5:29 pm
Jesus H. Christ, Voter is even more confused that I originally thought. Birth control pill do NOT kill babies. Also, the morning after pill, aka RU 486, is NOT an abortion drug. You actually have to be pregnant to have an abortion, and RU 486 is nothing more than regular birth control given in a higher dosage to prevent an egg from being fertilized. It’s simple science, which seems to evade the right these days.
As for the Catholic church, they need to clean up their own house before offering judgment on anybody else.
Lastly, CEO’s do NOT have a right to force their religious beliefs onto their employees. The courts agree, but the CEO of HL is willing to pay fines instead of allowing his employees to make their own decisions.
Soldier Boy
January 28th, 2013
5:29 pm
This just in. Retired Soldier is going to tell us where he served and how long he was in the military.
Because he’s a tough guy, that’s why.
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:30 pm
@DJ Sniper – So sad, if the so called free phones story is so false, why are some of the States about to start taxing them on having the phones? Smart guy.
Russian Doctor
January 28th, 2013
5:31 pm
I have lived in three different states since coming to the U.S. in 1986.
I must say Georgia is by far the dumbest.
honested
January 28th, 2013
5:35 pm
voter,
Failure to deal with reality does not allow you to modify reality.
Just because you hear nonsense on talk radio and it makes you feel better does not make it TRUE!
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:35 pm
@DJ Sniper – I’m glad you seem to know Jesus Christ, since you called him by name. Leave the H out, He had no middle name or initial.
You miss the point, the point is GOVERNMENT mandating anything to companies or individuals especially about healthcare. Mandate. Did you read that? Mandate:an authoritative command
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:37 pm
@Russian Doctor – “I have lived in three different states since coming to the U.S. in 1986.
I must say Georgia is by far the dumbest.”
Go back to Russia or whatever State you came from. It’s a free Country,(for now)
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:38 pm
@honested – “Failure to deal with reality does not allow you to modify reality.
Just because you hear nonsense on talk radio and it makes you feel better does not make it TRUE!”
Just like talking to my ex-wife when she argues that the sky is not blue.
Dan
January 28th, 2013
5:38 pm
Obama does not respect or believe in our Constitution. He sure is full of himself.
honested
January 28th, 2013
5:39 pm
voter,
Two points:
The Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act is the LAW and has passed Supreme Court Muster.
If the hobby lobby guy is a godbleever, he should follow the law, right?
I’m glad the hobby lobby guy outed himself so I can make sure not to ever patronize them again.
All the church based criminal entities should out themselves and make spending money properly an easier exercise!
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:41 pm
@Paul Ryan – “It’s only “entitlements” if somebody gets them.
When I got them it was just “temporary.”
Now that I don’t need them, no one else should be able to get them”
Well said. If all welfare was temporary, we would have less moochers and more workers. Wait, I think more workers means more taxes in the bank. Oh, we can’t have that. I believe obama campaigned on more jobs, looks like another failure since unemployment has risen.
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:43 pm
@honested – “The Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act is the LAW and has passed Supreme Court Muster.”
So far, still several cases to hear. I will be praying for you. Forget politics and this blog, you seem lost, so I will be praying for your soul, like they say, eternity is too long to be wrong.
honested
January 28th, 2013
5:44 pm
Unemployment has fallen.
Do you have any factual knowledge?
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:44 pm
@Dan – “Obama does not respect or believe in our Constitution. He sure is full of himself.”
Well said.
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:48 pm
@honested – “Unemployment has fallen.
Do you have any factual knowledge?”
It’s called Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. It was passed in Feb.2012, it over several months thru the year of 2012, dropped off anybody receiving unemployment. That’s why the numbers look somewhat better, but still worse than when obama took office. As people dropped off, still without a job, it looked like people were getting jobs but in fact they no longer counted in the stats. Most of all people who dropped off last year are STILL out of work, just no longer be counted ,so the numbers could look better for obama.
Voter
January 28th, 2013
5:50 pm
@honested – “Unemployment has fallen.
Do you have any factual knowledge?”
And yes, that is a fact. I am one who is still out of work and no longer counted as unemployed. I know many others in the same boat. FACT!
ignition
January 28th, 2013
6:00 pm
@Voter maybe you should get off the message board and look for employment.
Obama is a constitution attorney who studied at Harvard Law School, the man KNOWS the constitution. This state is so backwards and devoid of intellectualism, matter of fact intellectualism is a negative in the state of Georgia. So much that overt corrupt politicians can win governorship and become county sheriff.
hiram
January 28th, 2013
6:01 pm
Around and around she goes, and where she stops, nobody knows…
Scrivener
January 28th, 2013
6:06 pm
Ignition, another elitist who thinks they’re much smarter and better than their cow-tipping, barefoot neighbors here in Georgia. Why don’t you just leave. And Obama was a lecturer in law school. So what. He hates the Constitution. Just like most liberals, he believes it should be a living document that politicians can interpret and bend to suit their purposes. Thanks goodness our founders were smart enough to anticipate that.
Tap Out
January 28th, 2013
6:09 pm
I hope Max Cleland is smiling.
GA Voter
January 28th, 2013
6:23 pm
Did Max ever pay back that phone bill he ran up calling 900 numbers while in the GA SOS office?
td
January 28th, 2013
6:23 pm
honested
January 28th, 2013
5:39 pm
voter,
Two points:
The Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act is the LAW and has passed Supreme Court Muster.
If the hobby lobby guy is a godbleever, he should follow the law, right?
I’m glad the hobby lobby guy outed himself so I can make sure not to ever patronize them again.
All the church based criminal entities should out themselves and make spending money properly an easier exercise!
How is that boycotting everything produced by the Koch brothers going for you?
td
January 28th, 2013
6:27 pm
honested
January 28th, 2013
5:39 pm
voter,
Two points:
The Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act is the LAW and has passed Supreme Court Muster.
As the highest tax increase on the middle class this country has ever seen. We all knew Obama was lying when he tried to tell us that it was not a tax, we could keep our current insurance, doctors and that our premiums would go down.
How is those lies working out for you?
Voter
January 28th, 2013
6:38 pm
@ignition – “Obama is a constitution attorney who studied at Harvard Law School”
So what? He knows socialism and wants to bypass the Constitution.
And if you don’t like this State, move somewhere else.
Voter
January 28th, 2013
6:42 pm
@ignition – “@Voter maybe you should get off the message board and look for employment.”
I look and apply every day. Trust me the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, has done wonders for us unemployed. Boy, the jobs created were massive and tax cuts, whoa, man so many, this Bill helped so many. NOT!
Why don’t you wake up and smell what you are shoveling!
hiram
January 28th, 2013
6:55 pm
I’ve figured it out – Jim Galloway is td, cc,asshop, and now voter,and possibly others. We’re on to you Jim.
Donv
January 28th, 2013
6:57 pm
Average Georgian @ 4:06- THANK YOU for a sensible blog post. While I do not agree with all your positions, it is apparent you are a thinking person. I would like to hope this is really true for ALL average Georgians.
William Smith
January 28th, 2013
7:02 pm
A Washington insider talking about the evils of D.C.. How strange can it get? Both parties will do anything to get elected, and then talk about how dirty the system is. The only thing worse than them is the public that keeps putting them back in office. On this blog people on both sides claim the other side is responsible for all the problems. This is a team effort both parties are responsible for the mess we’re in. I fell at times like I know how the people of Poland felt in the 1930’s Hitler on one side and Stalin on the other. No matter which side comes it’s going to be bad.
Voter
January 28th, 2013
7:06 pm
@hiram – “I’ve figured it out – Jim Galloway is td, cc,asshop, and now voter,and possibly others. We’re on to you Jim.”
Dream on.
mark
January 28th, 2013
7:06 pm
I think the GOP ran him out. This is one of the most tea party state with money around. He was too moderate. I hope the neocon who runs against a dem, this rape is ok. More dems in the Hausssssss.
Voter
January 28th, 2013
7:07 pm
@William Smith – “Both parties will do anything to get elected, and then talk about how dirty the system is. The only thing worse than them is the public that keeps putting them back in office. On this blog people on both sides claim the other side is responsible for all the problems. This is a team effort both parties are responsible for the mess we’re in.”
Agreed.
Donv
January 28th, 2013
7:13 pm
JHS @ 4:25: While I agree with your overall assessment regarding the tome of the first few posts to this blog, there have actually been some well thought-out comments in the blog. I am one of those that receives a government check (military retirement), soon to be two (Social Security)- both more than paid for in advance (thankfully, Mitt forgot about that part before running his mouth about the 47%). And I do not mind a bit, thank you.
Voter
January 28th, 2013
7:36 pm
@Donv – “I am one of those that receives a government check (military retirement), soon to be two (Social Security)- both more than paid for in advance (thankfully, Mitt forgot about that part before running his mouth about the 47%). And I do not mind a bit, thank you.”
To clarify a bit, Mitt wasn’t condemning ALL that received retirement or social security. It was taken out of context. Obviously those of us who have served and/or worked the past 20,30 or 40 years, EARNED, their retirement and/or social security. Mitt was referring to the leeches and moochers who have never served this Country or worked 10+ years to receive retirement or sociakl security. People who keep having babies without fathers collecting welfare and food stamps and never worked a day in their lives.
Voter
January 28th, 2013
7:38 pm
@Donv – “I am one of those that receives a government check (military retirement), soon to be two (Social Security)- both more than paid for in advance (thankfully, Mitt forgot about that part before running his mouth about the 47%). And I do not mind a bit, thank you.”
To clarify a bit, Mitt wasn’t condemning ALL that received retirement or social security. It was taken out of context. Obviously those of us who have served and/or worked the past 20,30 or 40 years, EARNED, their retirement and/or social security. Mitt was referring to the leeches and moochers who have never served this Country or worked 10+ years to receive retirement or social security. People who keep having babies without fathers collecting welfare and food stamps and never worked a day in their lives.(resent for misspelled word, corrected, sorry)
Scrivener
January 28th, 2013
7:41 pm
Donv, Mitt was NOT referring to people’s retirement or Social Security. He was talking about Medicaid, food stamps, Section 8 housing, etc. If you believe otherwise, you did so because the media and the dem talking heads lead you to believe it. And he was right, by the way. Those people would never vote for him.
Voter
January 28th, 2013
7:46 pm
To put it in perspective, Example A- a young man referred to as a “entrepreneur”. Why? He has 13 children from 9 different women. All of who receive welfare/food stamps/gov’t assistance. None of the girls or young man has graduated from high school or even hold down a job but they get their money each month for as long as they live.
Example B – Young man or woman graduates from High School and joins the Army,Navy,Air Force,Marines or Coast Guard. They are injured and return home after 1 year of service, I have no problem paying for this young person’s care and livelihood for the rest of his life.
frank
January 28th, 2013
8:16 pm
Radical left commentors. Get over it. But since you make your, innane vitriotic comments about Chambliss as being true, you only convinced yourselves.
Serious Robuck
January 28th, 2013
8:30 pm
Saxby got himself elected by ugly doings. What a colossal crybaby and coward he is. Good riddance.
Serious Robuck
January 28th, 2013
8:31 pm
frank, get over it. You lost, Sweetie.
Soon To Be Means Tested
January 28th, 2013
8:43 pm
I’m right of center, but one of the things that kills me is when people talk about Social Security and Medicare as entitlements and suggest that they deserve getting the money.
The fact is, the average person takes out 3 times what they put in. And, it is only gonna get worse. Take my mother-in-law (please!), she worked 30 years at Sears as a vacuum salesperson in the 70s, 80s, and 90s (read: when wages were relatively low and, ergo, she wasn’t paying much in SS taxes). She has been retired for 17 years and still going strong. Estimated payments in: $50K. Money received ($2,000 per month based on her husband that was killed in Vietnam 40 years ago): $200K and counting.
I have been paying the maximum into SS and Medicare for 25 years (six figure income). What do you think my odds are of collecting much in SS…where I paid in about $200K? The leftwingers will look and say, “Gee, you worked, and saved, and didn’t blow all your money. Therefore, we’ll need to cut your SS payments to pay for those that didn’t.”
Voter
January 28th, 2013
9:20 pm
@Soon To Be Means Tested – I hear ya. Here’s a worse scenario. Most likely, anyone 55 or less will never see their Social Security Benefits by time they are 65. Certain projections show 2017, some say 2021, they will be taking in less than they are paying out. The Government started “borrowing” from Social Security in the 60’s and have continued. Like I said before, Government is the problem. Why would any sane person believe they can make something work, like The Affordable Healthcare Act?
Voter
January 28th, 2013
9:23 pm
@Soon To Be Means Tested – And I consider “entitlements” as welfare, food stamps for life, Gov’t housing for life, Internet for life, cell phone for life, etc. These should have a time limit and help these people get to work. Like JFK said “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
JSH
January 28th, 2013
9:23 pm
Donv- I congrauate you on your two checks. I hope one day to get my own SS check. I think you know of the people I was referring to. Able bodied people who are able to work, on their second or third generation getting a check. Atlanta is full of these people. It’s a shame they are able to vote.
double
January 28th, 2013
9:30 pm
Hiram @6:55 I do not believe Jim would put in 16 hr.7 days wk..
Comments
January 28th, 2013
9:57 pm
It is amazing to read all of these negative comments about someone who had the courage to run for office and try to help our State, Country and all of you. You may not agree with all of the decisions but you would never put yourself out there to take all of the criticism and ridicule you’re willing to dish out. If we want to get OUR COUNTRY out of this mess, we must all learn to compromise. You were taught this as a child and it was not a “bad” word so grow up!
Thank you for your service, Senator Chambliss!
yag kosha
January 28th, 2013
10:12 pm
Georgia is a political sh8thole. Filled to the top with republican, tea party, conservatives. He would have been challenged in the primaries? Of course he would have! The neanderthals in this state accept no less than full-on ethic hating, bible-thumping, second amendment humping idiots to represent them. Pass the red man, git the dawg and fire up the pickup, Ma, we’re goin’ huntin’ fer librals!!!
Doug
January 28th, 2013
10:32 pm
No matter how much the media tries to make Saxby Chambliss look like a a good guy, he is still the man who maligned a war hero and has yet to apologize. That makes him a corrupt, contemptible person.
Voter
January 28th, 2013
10:47 pm
@Comments – Well said.
woodrow
January 28th, 2013
10:49 pm
If it is true the Chambliss is retiring because of the Tea party, then I think it is time to take down the Tea party. It doesn’t seem to have the interest of the country in mind. All these yokels care about is saving money on taxes. That is their only holy grail. I think they are missing the bigger picture. This experienced statesman, Chambliss, knows the bigger picture. The path to improving the economy is not to cut taxes. It never was.
Kris
January 28th, 2013
10:59 pm
Bye and good riddance Sax.. Remember you help create “” ‘ugly’ doings, “”.
All too often we confuse facts with rhetoric and conspiracy
Still could not find a legal cure for stupid.
Having said that, I leave with this…
There is a cure for greed and corruption.
Impeach/recall DEAL, RECALL Reed
Help derail the crooks. Vote the GOP scum out 2014
Wonder if former President Jimmy Carter is up for a run for Governor or Senator?
If anyone drops their wallet in near the Gold Dome, I’d suggest they kick it to B.F. Egypt before bending over to pick it up.
hiram
January 28th, 2013
11:44 pm
double@9:30
It’s more like 20 hours – the new hasn’t worn off yet, from getting cable in their trailer parks.
Shine
January 28th, 2013
11:54 pm
Saxby leaves DC, alcohol sales will plumitt and the local government collapse from the loss of tax revenue…unless of course another lush takes his place.
Kris
January 29th, 2013
12:36 am
hiram …Did you call the trailer park to inform them the trash got out!
If anyone drops their wallet in near the Gold Dome, I’d suggest they kick it to B.F. Egypt before bending over to pick it up.
Concerned Girl Looking for Help
January 29th, 2013
1:07 am
I have asked this be4 w/o a reply, but I am still wondering b/c my big brother told me that if he sucks on my boobs they will get bigger and he has been doing this since I was 12. I think it may have worked a little but I am not sure…
any help?
gdfo
January 29th, 2013
6:18 am
Like I mentioned here before. What a bunch of partisan knee-jerk bitter replies. Mostly reminds me of kids at a play ground yelling Na Na na na na. With about the same emotional content.
Attack Dog
January 29th, 2013
7:14 am
Dixiecans, your choices will be to nominate a unscientific doctor, failed businessman, or fired non-profit leader for the seat.
honested
January 29th, 2013
8:18 am
Attack Dog,
There seems to be mass confusion in that group coupled with a lack of comprehension that the kook they nominate will not pass muster with the majority of the Electorate, no matter how much they stomp their feet or shake their fists.
Bill Orvis White
January 29th, 2013
8:25 am
So long, Taxby. You betrayed Tea Party Republicans like me. WE THE PEOPLE (those with common sense and Tea Party Republicans only, thank you very much) look forward to a God-fearing Tea Party Republican who WILL take Taxby’s old Senate seat.
Amen,
Bill
liberalefty
January 29th, 2013
8:57 am
BIDEN /CLINTON will still win in 2016
Retired Soldier
January 29th, 2013
9:07 am
LL-
Glad you have such confidence. Since that is such a certainity, why not cancel the election and save the money and apply it to our national debt. What do you think LL?
Retired Soldier
January 29th, 2013
9:07 am
BTW LL, I don’t think Bill is interested.
catlady
January 29th, 2013
1:49 pm
Didn’t want to be involved? Saxby, you are part and parcel of the problem!